Will California Leadership Protect Parental Rights?

Are Parental Rights Making a Comeback — Not if California Leadership Can Stop It

By Rita Barnett-Rose, For the California Globe, December 26, 2025 — Rita Barnett-Rose substack legalglass.substack.com

The Ruling That Remembered the Constitution

On December 22, 2025, a federal judge in California did something that would have seemed almost unthinkable just a few years ago: he reminded the state that the Constitution still exists.

In Mirabelli v. Olson, the court reviewed California’s school secrecy and compelled-speech policies, as enforced through the state’s PRISM training program (Professional Responsibilities, Instruction, and Student Matters) and related guidance — practices that systematically excluded parents from their children’s education and medical decision-making and forced teachers to comply with ideological mandates that conflict with their religious beliefs, moral convictions, and free-speech rights. Read More